Boot and shoe



(No Model.) H J. JENKINS. BOOT AND SHOE.

No. 283,249. Pat ente d Aug 14, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

JABEz JENKINS, I on PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOOT AND SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part "of Letters Patent No. 283,249, dated August 14, 1883.

Application filed April 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom) it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ABEZ JENKINS, a citiof Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia,

State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes in which an air-chamber is formed between the foot and the sole.

My improvements consist in making the shoe with a-layer or' layers of wire-gauze between two layers of the sole, so as to form an air-space under the inner sole, to keep the feet dry by preventing the outsole from touching the inner one, and at the same timeafford a solid and uniform flexible bearing for the iu- The gauze sole is flexible at every point, is easily applied, is held in place by the leath er soles, separates them alike at every point, and forms a foundation for both leather soles,

- bending with them only with the bend of the foot, but having no yielding function under This gauze sole is cut the tread of the foot. or stamped out of sheet-gauze the shape of the sole, and of a size sufficiently less to be to the sole ofthe shoe, increasing thedurability of the sole with a very small addition in the cost of making the shoe.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of a shoe made with the interposed gauze sole; and Fig.

2, a horizontal section onthe line 0 (2,Fig. 1.

In making the shoe I insert one or more layers of wire-gauze, a, between two of the layers b b of the sole, the gauze sole being of a form and size to occupy the space between the 1 lines of stitching orpegging, as seen in Fig.

in width to its entire surface, which I find" in practice to effectually prevent the communication of moisture to the insole and to keep the foot warm by conserving its natural heat. It is immaterial between which two of the layers of the sole the wire-gauze sole is placed,

and it is obvious that it may be so placed without trouble in making the shoe. If two or more wire-gauze soles are used, the strands of one should be diagonal to those of the other, and when two are usedI prefer that the gauze should be of finer mesh than when a single,

wire-gauze sole is used. Any wire-gauze of suitable mesh, tinned, galvanized, painted, or otherwise protected from rust, will answer, and I have used two layers of what is known as No. 20 tinned wire-gauze with good results, as also a single layer.

Boots and shoes manufactured in this way with one or more wire-gauze soles make an improved article of manufacture which conserves the natural warmth of the feet.

I claim The described improvement in the manufacture of boots and shoes, consisting of the wire gauze sole placed between the leather soles and held by them within the lines of stitching, whereby to form an interveningair-space in the sole, to give a uniform solid bearing to the insole and to the outsole, and allow of the uniform flexure of the sole, as shown and de scribed. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, 'JABEZ JENKINS. Witnesses: V

A. GzS'ronr, V MATT. CLIFTON. 

